--- title: Node.js Vs Flask: Which One Has A Better Performance description: Radley Sidwell-Lewis has been using Node.js for almost all of the backend servers he has built using Express.js. The first language he learned wasn’t... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-vs-flask-which-one-has-a-better-performance-vttlb0h4y twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Node.js Vs Flask: Which One Has A Better Performance | daily.dev og:description: Radley Sidwell-Lewis has been using Node.js for almost all of the backend servers he has built using Express.js. The first language he learned wasn’t... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-vs-flask-which-one-has-a-better-performance-vttlb0h4y og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vtTlB0h4Y.png og:image:alt: Node.js Vs Flask: Which One Has A Better Performance og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Node.js Vs Flask: Which One Has A Better Performance **[Hacker Noon](https://daily.dev/sources/hackernoon)** · 9 min read · 40 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Radley Sidwell-Lewis has been using Node.js for almost all of the backend servers he has built using Express.js. The first language he learned wasn’t JavaScript, it was Python. Python appears to have a sexier reputation among non-engineers, for the most part. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@kevinmarville** · 0 upvotes > Python is slower than Node or C++ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#flask](https://daily.dev/tags/flask), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-vs-flask-which-one-has-a-better-performance-vttlb0h4y) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Node.js Vs Flask: Which One Has A Better Performance","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-vs-flask-which-one-has-a-better-performance-vttlb0h4y","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-vs-flask-which-one-has-a-better-performance-vttlb0h4y"},"datePublished":"2021-06-12T11:34:19.680Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T08:32:20.463Z","description":"Radley Sidwell-Lewis has been using Node.js for almost all of the backend servers he has built using Express.js. 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